NHSN Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Flu Vaccination Module for SNF QRP Reporting

The HCP Flu Vaccination Module, which is part of the HCP component in NHSN, is used to input required NHSN data for the SNF QRP. This site provides access to the HCP Vaccination Module: Influenza Vaccination Summary Protocol, which is the primary manual for the module. In addition, it provides …

FY 2025 SNF VBP Program March 2024 Quarterly Reports Available

The March 2024 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). These reports contain interim stay-level data for the SNF 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Measure (SNFRM) for …

CMS Nursing Home Data Sets Updated

COVID-19 Vaccination Rates – State and National Averages State and National averages for facility resident and healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rates. Data are presented as one row per state or territory plus a row for national averages. Note: On January 1, 2024, the CDC changed the data collection methodology for …

OIG: Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Can Help Improve Care in Nursing Homes

Issued on 02/26/2024 | Posted on 02/29/2024 | Report number: OEI-02-20-00492 Report Materials Full Report (PDF, 1.5 MB) Why OIG Did This Review Nursing home residents and staff have been especially impacted by the COVID‑19 pandemic. Now, it is critical to learn from what happened in nursing homes and take steps to better protect residents and staff during …

New Measures, No Data: When Can Facilities Expect to See New Quality Measure Data?

One of the frustrations nursing home providers have experienced since the transition to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 version 1.18.11 that went into effect on Oct. 1, 2023, is being able to effectively monitor the new Quality Measures (QMs) introduced at the same time. Although the Centers for Medicare …

Q&A: If a resident is dependent on staff for functional items in section GG and they also had a decline in their bowel or bladder status, will they trigger for the New or Worsened Bowel and Bladder measure?

Question: If a resident is dependent on staff for functional items in section GG and they also had a decline in their bowel or bladder status, will they trigger for the New or Worsened Bowel and Bladder measure? Answer from Jessie McGill, RN, BSN, RAC-CTA, RAC-MTA:The QM 3.0 User’s Manual …

NHSN HCP Flu Vaccination Module Announcement and Feb – April Webinars

Announcements This is a friendly reminder to log into NHSN and make sure your facility has an active Facility Administrator. Please note that only the Facility Administrator can enroll a facility in a one or more components in NHSN, reassign the role of Facility Administrator, and manage/negotiate locations that are …

CDC HCP Influenza Vaccination Data for SNFs 2022 – 2023

Skilled Nursing Facilities   Pooled proportion of healthcare personnel reported as vaccinated in Skilled Nursing Facilities reporting to NHSN, by personnel group and state, 2022-2023 influenza season. From https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/datastat/flu-datatables.html

CDC NHSN HCP & Resident Vaccination Module

Long-term care facilities can track weekly vaccination data for residents and healthcare personnel (HCP) through NHSN. February 2024 Updates Resources January 2024 Updates Training Data Collection Forms and Instructions COVID-19 Vaccination Data Collections Forms Note: All data collection forms are print-only. Weekly Vaccination Summary Data – CSV Data Import Instructions …

AHRQ Report: Deprescribing To Reduce Medication Harms in Older Adults

Main Points Deprescribing has emerged as a clinical practice to reduce polypharmacy and use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and serve as a mechanism for quality improvement and increased patient safety. The purpose of this rapid response is to summarize recent literature on the use of deprescribing to improve the …